hayvan
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حیوان (hayvan), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hayvan (definite accusative hayvanı, plural hayvanlar or (Arabic plural form, rare) hayvanat)
- (sciences) animal (organism; organism other than human)
- (figuratively, derogatory) person behaving rudely, disrespectfully or insensitively
- 2016 December 8, Bülent Tatoğulları, “200 liralık kredi kartı borcu 800 liraya çıkınca, balkona çıkıp bağırdı”, in Gün Haber[1]:
- "Avukat telefonda, 'Sen hayvan mısın, neden borcunu ödemiyorsun' diye hakaret etti. Konuşmak için ofisine gittiğimde hakaretleri sürdürünce çıldırdım" diye konuştu.
- "The lawyer insulted me on the phone saying, 'Are you an animal? Why aren't you paying your debt?' When I went to his office to talk he continued the insults, and I lost my temper," he said.
- (regional) livestock
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hayvan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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